The Black Box of IT with Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby and Jeppe Hedaa – Culture in Organisations
For organisational culture experts: This is an interesting alternative perspective, looking at the impact of culture and performance in a complex organisation. The Archbishop of Canterbury talks about the whats, whens and hows of culture in the Anglican Church in 165 countries, speaking 2.000 languages in a 1.500 year old institution.
Key take-aways: Cultural change is slow and consensus driven. Multilanguage / International culture must be centered around core values but open to diversity in less important cultural areas. Culture is a main driver of performance and longevity.
Any company could reduce IT costs
According to Jeppe Hedaa, CEO and owner of leading IT consulting agency 7N, companies could save more than 50-60 percent on their IT – and these numbers are not even aggressive. Looking at the human factor only, the numbers become even more dramatic, says Hedaa....
Why function points for IT budget estimates routinely fail
Forecasting time and costs for software development projects is often disturbingly difficult for senior management. Presently, there are several attempts to provide better cost control of software development projects, out of which function point analysis is...